Woman killed as pick-up van hits motorbike

A woman was killed after a pick-up van hit a motorbike on Satkhira-Khulna road at Kumira in Tala upazila of Satkhira on Wednesday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased, Fatima Khatun, 30, is the wife of Azizur Rahman of the upazila.

Rezaul Islam, officer-in-charge of Patkelghata police station, said the accident took place around 8am when a Khulna-bound pick-up hit a motorbike carrying Fatima and her husband.

She was killed on the spot.

Rahman, injured in the accident, was taken to the Sadar Hospital.